动名词的逻辑主语

　　动名词的逻辑主语可以是形容词性物主代词或宾格，在句中两者均可使用，在句首要用形容词性物主代词。

　　Their/Mary’s coming to help was a great encouragement to us.

　　His parents was unhappy about his/him marrying that girl.

　　Exercises

　　1. The audience stared open-mouthed as the acrobat walked on the steel wire ______ high above the ground. (2005/4)

　　A. being fixed B. has fixed

　　C. fixed D. having fixed

　　2. ______ your absence; I won't listen. (2005/4)

　　It has no use explaining

　　It has no use to explain

　　C. It is no use explaining

　　D. It is no use to explain

　　C C

　　3. The enemy dropped hundreds of bombs over the city, ______ many deaths and great destruction. (2004/10)

　　A. cause B. caused

　　C. causing D. having caused

　　4. All flights ________ because of the storm, they decided to go to Beijing by train. (2003/4)

　　A. having been canceled

　　had been canceled

　　C. having canceled

　　D. were canceled

　　C A

　　5. Alice and Mary waited breathlessly for the announcement, _______ she had won the award. (2003/4)

　　A. each hoped B. each hoping

　　C. and each hopes D. and each hoping

　　6. There is something wrong with my watch. It_______. (2002/10)

　　A. need repairing B. needs repairing

　　C. need to be repaired D. needs to repair

　　B B